Clinical Guides: Junior Doctors Guide: Databases

Access Emergency This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive online emergency medicine resource, providing quick diagnosis and treatment answers. Coverage date: Varies.
Access Medicine This link opens in a new window
A rich education platform with eBooks, multimedia, self-assessment tools, board prep and cases. Coverage date: Varies.
BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based decision support tool for step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis and treatments. Continuously updated.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Elsevier platform of eBooks, journals and clinical support tools such as guidelines and calculators. Continuously updated.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Collection of Cochrane databases containing high-quality evidence including Cochrane reviews and RCTs. Updated every 3 months.
Embase (OvidSP) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive biomedical and pharmacological database of peer reviewed literature on the Ovid platform. Coverage date: 1980 - present.
HealthPathways Melbourne This link opens in a new window
HealthPathways offers clinicians locally agreed information to make the right decisions, together with patients, at the point of care.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
An extensive database of peer-reviewed literature provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Coverage date: 1946-present.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based point of care tool for decision support with continuously updated expert opinion. Continuously updated.

AMH: Australian Medicines Handbook This link opens in a new window
Advice about medicines and interactions searchable by drug name or therapeutic topic. Coverage date: 2021 - present.
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook (AIDH) This link opens in a new window
Information on injectable medicines including antineoplastic and paediatric medicines. Continuously updated.
IBM Micromedex This link opens in a new window
Evidence based drug information including the RUGDEX, POISINDEX and TRISSELs databases. The platform also provide dosage calculators. Continuously updated.
eMIMS Elite This link opens in a new window
MIMS is now eMIMS Elite.
Medicine information including product information (PI), pill ID, consumer medicines information (CMI) and drug interactions.
Therapeutic Guidelines This link opens in a new window
Online access to the Therapeutic Guidelines and drug index. Access by computer or set up the mobile app. Continuously updated.
Stockley's Drug Interactions This link opens in a new window
Information about therapeutic medicines, herbal medicines, foodstuffs, drinks, pesticides and drugs of abuse. Continuously updated.

The Library provides access to databases and mobile apps for high-quality information and authoritative evidence, ensuring timely and effective access to medical and health care information.

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